Category: Osaka

by Michael Gillan Peckitt November 2, 2025 Number of comments0
Disability Employment Japan Osaka Welfare

Osaka Launches Probe into Disability Work Centers Over Improper Training

Osaka Prefecture has launched an investigation into roughly 2,050 “Type B continuous employment support” facilities that help people with disabilities engage in work-like activities, following reports that some providers offering at-home programs may not be giving appropriate training. Funded by government subsidies, these facilities are required to provide meaningful vocational support, but several cases have emerged where users were assigned minimal tasks—such as watering plants a few times a day—raising concerns about misuse of public funds and inadequate care. The prefecture plans to review each case and issue guidance or corrective action where necessary.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 20, 2025 Number of comments0
Expo 2025 Japan Osaka Osaka Kansai Expo 2025 Travel

Osaka Expo Organizer Aims to Prevent Recurrence of Train Issue

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition is tackling transportation challenges after a service suspension on Osaka Metro Co.’s Chuo Line stranded visitors at the site last week. On Monday, the association admitted that information sharing about the incident was insufficient, vowing to improve its handling of such cases.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt April 20, 2024 Number of comments0
Disability Japan Osaka Welfare

After Second Court Case, Osaka High Court Upholds Right to Disability Pension for Type 1 Diabetes Patients, Reversing Govt’s Decision

Eight years ago, eight patients living in Osaka, Nara, etc. filed a lawsuit against the government after their long-term basic disability pension was discontinued, and all of them won, but they were subsequently rejected again by the government. Since the payment was made, they filed a second complaint. On April 19th, the Osaka High Court ordered the government to pay pensions to all eight people, stating that it was illegal to deny them pensions.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 5, 2022 Number of comments0
Care Coronavirus COVID-19 Disability Japan Osaka

Osaka City dispatches medical teams to facilities for people with disabilities with guidance on measures against COVID

As the spread of the new coronavirus continues, medical teams have been dispatched to facilities for people with disabilities, where normal infection control measures are difficult, such as being unable to wear masks, and efforts have begun to provide guidance on infection control measures.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt October 8, 2020 Number of comments0
Care Disability Japan Osaka

Disability groups protest against Osaka Metropolis plan, concerned about welfare service disparity

On October 7th, groups of people with disabilities in the city gathered in front of the city hall to hold an opposition rally about the “Osaka Metropolis Plan” to abolish Osaka City and reorganize it into four special wards. Approximately 200 people with disabilities in wheelchairs handed out fliers, saying that there was a risk of disparity in the welfare services received by the special wards, and protested that “declining services are directly linked to life.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 2, 2019 Number of comments0
Disability Expo 2025 Osaka Osaka Kansai Expo 2025

Osaka Prefecture to follow Tokyo’s example to make hotels ‘barrier free’ for 2025 Expo

“According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, this is approach is following the example set by Tokyo, which is preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. The policy is to make more detailed regulations that affect the city, such as making public facilities barrier-free.”